Citigroup Seeks To Escape 7WTC Damage Dispute

Law360, New York (November 30, 2009, 1:15 PM EST) -- Citigroup Inc. has asked a court to toss all claims against it in the protracted litigation over damage to 7 World Trade Center following the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001, saying Consolidated Edison Co. of New York and its insurers have no proof it is to blame.

Con Ed's negligence claim against Citigroup, one of the building's largest former tenants, fails for at least five reasons, each of which alone would justify summary judgment in favor of Citigroup, the financial giant said in the U.S....